Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Christmas Point Pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2464
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2448

mindat Locality ID: 125896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-125896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Christmas Point Pegmatite, Khmara Bay, Casey Bay, Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 67°19'59"S
Longitude: 49°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -67.333055555556,49

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Beryl	Feldspar	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Sapphirine	Spinel	Wagnerite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be Ca F Fe K Mg O P Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca F Fe K Mg O P Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Beryl Feldspar Garnet None Not in a structural group Sapphirine Spinel Wagnerite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Cordierite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Surinamite ()*	Wagnerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2464	2448	2353
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2464	2448	1008
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2464	2448	2740
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2464	2448	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2464	2448	4924
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2464	2448	1516
Surinamite ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₃Al₃O(Si₃BeAlO₁₅)	2464	2448	8
Wagnerite ()*	Wagnerite	Mg₂(PO₄)F	2464	2448	61
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2464	2448	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_096	2464	2448	2456±8	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			26154	Napier Complex, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica	[Ayatollah Island]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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